Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Gen Clay Out as Berlin Chief New Rent Bent Curb Formula Attacked Taft Hartley Bill Wins in Test p EDITORS EDITOR'S when P At see t I Ia thee IhM th th then y are at r the h 1 Western N Newspaper Union news new analysts and ancl not n e n of or newspaper BERLIN Clay Cloy Is It Done Gen Cen Lucius s D. D Clay stormy petrel of American administration In Berlin was relieved of ot his hi post as 8 military commander in Germany The action was taken at the generals general's own request CLAY who has been boen widely criticized cited for lor his apparent soil soft attitude attl atti tude toward German Cerman war criminals crimi nals notably in the case of ot Elsa Koch the witch of ot Buchenwald frequently asked to be relieved of ot notorious German horror camp had his ids command He said he wanted to return to his home In Marietta Ga and go Clays Clay's leaving would open the way for appointment of ot the first civilian high commissioner for Germany something the army has been wanting for a long time PRESIDENT TRUMAN in making making mak ing the announcement CIa Clay was to leave leave said the general deserved jibe thanks of ot the American people for his execution of one of the toughest tasks and accomplishments accomplish ments of American history It was no secret that the Pres President President Ident I- I dent and Dean Acheson secretary of state were trying to persuade John J J. J McCloy McClo to take the assignment assignment assign assign- ment ment in Berlin McClo McCloy Is now head of the international bank for lor reconstruction and development a position which carries a tax free annual salary Pending the appointment of a civilian commissioner President t Truman announced military government gov government deputies and two generals general s would Gould carry on Clays Clay's work The United States Britain an and d France have agreed to arrangements arrangements arrange arrango ments meats for turning over civilian control control con con- to tor the Germans when a provisional provisional pro visional government is established for tor the western zones Meanwhile hope continued foran for foran foran an end through four power four power negotiations of ot the Berlin blockade bythe by bythe bythe the Russians HOUSING Nobody Pleased Phased The government it appeared couldn't please anyone in its ef ct efforts forts to implement the newly newly- enacted rent control bill Scores of landlords and tenants tenant s in New York turned out in angry confusion contusIon after Federal Housing Chief Tighe Woods announced a 11 program for putting the new law into loto operation Woods had come up with a plan which he ho hoped would provide owners of rental property with a fair net operating ing tog income This was one thing the new law said should be bo done BUT DUT WOODS in a personal appearance appearance ap in the nations nation's largest city stepped personally into a hotbed hot bed of landlords' landlords inquiries Landlords assailed the Woods formula as giving inadequate relief re reo re- re lief Uel to pressed hard-pressed property owners The formula was confusing contusing because because because be be- cause It contained so man many inde mode indeterminate terminate factors It was Int intended to produce a net operating Income Income in come of 2 23 25 to 30 per cent of gross income on some 14 million dwellings throughout the nation still sUll under unde r federal rent control Aa As Woods expressed belief bellef bo both th landlords and tenants would be kappler happier under the new formula a su surprised i sed murmur of laughter r swept wept the audience which overflowed over over- Sowed flowed the seat hall hail Woods Wood dashed from the meeting where h he answered some 60 tIO questions to a conference with New Yorks York's Mayor William ODwyer WOODS SAID the new formula goes right down the middle protecting pro landlords against rents that would den deny them a fair lair profit and protecting tenants against being charged a higher rent than the theIr fair Ir net operating income allows Meanwhile both property owners and seethed each fearing they were being put upon by the Woods formula landlords obviously resentful that specific rent in in- formula which the they feared held no thing but b bad d news for them selves One most probable result of the formula loa was that local governmental govern I mental units would be bo disposed to lid existing conditions alone without without with with- out petitioning their governors or Of at taw I legislatures for tor lifting of rent controls control in their respective ar areas a. a Loyalty Queen QueenY B Y 6 ra 1 L 4 t tr j r t tIta Ita Radio adlo d lo actress Mrs lUrs Ted Steele Is shown just after alter she aim was wall chosen as al Miss lIss Loyalty of 1949 in ceremonies on the steps step of the tho US U.S. building in NewYork New York LABOR LAW Rough Going If a big league scout were reporting reporting re reo porting on Harry Truman's performance performance per against congressional he would have to say The President simply cant can't hit t fa fast t ball al pitching Ana J that mat certainly appeared t tobe to tobe o be the case Mr Truman had been n to bat twice already In his hi to turn during the Mon C C. C appointment ap op- to head the national security se resources resource board he ha had d struck out Next up with his civil rights program for a bat he struck k out again ogaIn Now with his espousal of repeal of the Taft Taft Hartley labor law ho he was at the plate again and with the house of representatives pitching there were two strikes on him FOR THE TILE HOUSE b by a n vote of approved the Wood bill which retained most of the tho features of the Taft Taft Hartley law Administration f for forces o r c e s were plunged into gloom But Dut a coalition of f southern Democrats and northern north ern Republicans were jubilant They were bent on retaining g the Taft TaU Tail law Jaw largely intact and at the moment they were vic vie The Wood bill would repeal the Taft Tart Taft Hartley law on paper but would woul re enact most of its important important tant features For instance it would retain the day 80 injunction in national emergency strikes It would keep the present nonCommunist nonCommunist non non- Communist oath requirements but would apply them to company officers officers of of- as well as union officers It would ban shop closed-shop contracts contracts con con- tracts but permit them in an any state which took affirmative action action ac ac- ac- ac tion to permit them by state law SPEAKER SAM ItA RAYBURN had made a plea to the house for a compromise compromise com promise bill he put forward in an effort eUort to salvage part of the administrations administration's admin titration's program but his speech was in vain Whatever else congress might b be e doing and wha whatever good or i ill U might result lawmakers were serving servo ing ling notice on presidential candidates candi dates that campaign promises t to enact or repeal this or that law ought to be conditioned with th the Q candidate making su such h pledges adding add ing a word to the effect that those pledges would be kept provided provide congress cooperates te LEOPOLD Wants Throne I Disliking the common life lite exiled exile d King Leopold III of Belgium ha hamade has haa e made it clear he wants to tt ret return urn to the throne of ot his country urna THIS TIllS was made known in a letter to his brother Prince Princ e Charles Belgian regent in which h Leopold said I am convinced you pre are sharing hg he g my views that the time has come com e for a return to constitutional normalcy nor malc malcy That would mean o of t course an end to the regency an and d return to kingly rule HOWEVER the outlook for a any such luch development appeared dim Leopold surrendered the Belgian forces to the Germans early in th the e war and became a of war of war His action in that respect was idled by many Belgians The ex ex- king has not returned to his coun coup try since the war lie He has been liv Uv tn ing in exile in Switzerland GRANDMAS Enough's Enough Grandma was wal getting fed ted Up Enough was wu enough And she the was wal becoming vocal about it Mrs Lyn Greene president of tho the New York chapter of 01 the National Grandmothers' Grandmothers club was the I spokesman for tor the grandmas the i spearhead of 01 a drive to make grand ma a respected member of 01 every family MRS GREENE and all the other grandmas were up in arms arm against all aU the corny gags gag about grandmas and mothers law too They were in a crusade to ban such alleged humor from the face lace of ot the earth forever And they held beld some sonic powerful power ful weapons weapon in their arsenal For instance If U the jokes arent aren't banned the tho grandmas said ald there I II would be no more sitting baby no nomore nomore nomore I I more crocheting no more cookies and cakes That was the grandmas' grandmas ultimatum Also knitting needles would stop top not one lullaby would be hummed and daughters going home tomother tomother to tomother mother after a R tiff with their husbands hus bus bands band would have to find hotel rooms instead TIlE THE GRANNIES were tired of being made to appear as jabbering ridiculous troublemakers But Dut the tho grandmas were fair fall about the whole thing In return for a new status asa as asa asa a sweet lovable old dear they would agree to mind their own knit ting tang Mrs Greene a professional artist art 1st philanthropist mother of ot two sons and grandmother of four small children believes she is just the person to take the giggles out 01 oil of references to grandmas THERE ARE STILL a few rock rock- chair Ing-chair Ing grandmas table bridge-table grandmas and drudge grandmas who need to be reformed she said but contends this reformation will never come about through silly radio and movie jokes and sillier cartoons Eventually Mrs Greene and the thousands of other grannies in n the national organization hope to win so much respect that October 10 will be proclaimed as national Grandmothers' Grandmothers day HEADACHES Stop Worrying Have a lot of headaches Well stop worrying That according to a Columbia university headache study will cure curel your noggin knocks TIlE THE STUDY was conducted with men and women as os subjects These sufferers were given three kinds of treatment One made use of drugs supposed to help headaches headaches head head- aches another make believe drugs and a third a technique in which doctors spent quite sometime sometime some sometime time talking to patients about their worries In the first two treatments the make believe potions worked almost al- al almost al most as well as medicines' medicines designed especially for aching heads beads The patients never knew which kind of ot drugs they were taking It was learned in the study that best results came from combining drugs with conversation about wor wor- ries rles The type conversation-type of treatment treat treat- ment merit is known as psycho therapy Its purpose Is to discover emotional and mental conflicts In many cases the sufferer does not realize he has these conflicts and is likely to get better when he learns about them HOWEVER mere knowledge of the tho conflicts isn't sufficient The patient needs faith in his doctor tomake to tomake make this knowledge work Sometimes Some times this teller relief depends on how often the doctor sees the patient So Ti Tired red w r People whose feet teet have ever hurt h them will feel a twinge wIDe of ot sympathy for tor mailman William WilliamE E F Wily Lilly Jr of the Los LOll Angeles post office who took leU letters rl home bome with him bins Lilly was jailed despite assertions ons he be meant blunt aUthe all aU the time lime to deU deUter er the letters later TRUMAN TRUMA Good Friend President Truman bad had some come better bet ter friends than he bo thought David S. S Wright 84 54 proprietor of a feed teed store in Dunkirk N N. y V. offered to advance cash to President Truman on n his salary t check eck Reports bad had said Truman received re reo only part of one on months month's check because of a congressional deadlock over a deficiency bill bW to |